论先进文化及其社会功能

先进文化应是体现先进生产力发展要求，反映时代潮流，植根于民族土壤并符合广大人民群众根本利益的文化。当今世界，先进文化的功能是多方面的，既有为社会发展提供精神动力、智力支持和制度构架的经济功能，又有塑造民族认同、保障社会稳定，针砭政治时弊、推进政治文明，增强综合国力、提高国际竞争力的政治功能。此外，先进文化还发挥着从质和量上满足广大群众的精神需求，为人们提供高远价值目标的文化消费功能。

On the advanced culture and its social functions

The advanced culture represents the requirement for the development of advanced productive forces and reflects the current of the times. It is rooted in the national land and conforms to the numerous people's fundamental interest. In the present world, the advanced culture has various functions, including the economic function of providing the spiritual power, intelligence support and system frame for the social development as well as the political function of creating national identification, guaranteeing the social stability, criticizing the present political errors and demanding that they should be dealt with, promoting the political civilization, strengthening the comprehensive national strength and improving the international competitiveness. Besides, the advanced culture has the cultural consumption function of satisfying the numerous people's spiritual requirement in quality and quantity and providing the high value objective for the people.